This Is Why You Need To Go Get Birth Control Right Now

We all sensed when Donald Trump won the presidential election last November that the days of free birth control under the Affordable Care Act were numbered. It wasn't until he took office and Republicans introduced their "repeal and replace" bill, however, that the dire future of birth control in the United States started to become clear. That's why one doctor is advising women to get their birth control now to guard against the dark and uncertain future of what may become of birth control access under the Republicans' American Health Care Act.

In an interview with Jezebel's aptly-titled "Big Time Dicks" podcast, Dr. Kavita Patel of Johns Hopkins and the Brookings Institution made some very scary predictions about reproductive health under the GOP's Obamacare repeal bill:

Planned Parenthood will go away, Medicaid paying for contraception will probably go away. Here’s the truth as a woman: Go get your birth control now because, honestly, nobody knows if all of this passes if you’ll be able to get this in three months.

No matter which way you paint it, the ACA repeal and its replacement will greatly affect birth control access, especially for low-income people who rely on Medicaid and Planned Parenthood for contraception. If you're not on birth control and have sex that risks pregnancy, you should figure out which method you want to use ASAP — before it's too late to get it.